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Doors: 8:00pm
Show: 9:00pm
Ages: 21+ 

The legendary Black Lodge Burlesque returns! Join us for an evening of cabaret inspired by David Lynch and let's get weird! Both bizarre and beautiful, this cabaret features specialty acts from Portland's best loved entertainers expressing their adoration on stage for the varied works of cult director David Lynch. You'll see Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Wild at Heart and more brought to life via acts featuring burlesque and drag. Starring Isaiah Esquire, Rummy Rose, Rizzo Rouge, Baby LeStrange and many more….

Soul'd Out Presents:
Anuhea - All Is Bright Tour -  with special guests Kimie Miner & E.N Young & Imperial Sound. 

Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Ages 21+ 

The name "Anuhea" translates from Hawaiian as a cool upland fragrance. In the world of island/reggae music, Maui songbird Anuhea Jenkins has been JUST that: A cool breeze to the island music scene. This multi-talented artist beautifully blends reggae, pop, R&B, rap and country music into an eclectic style all her own. Anuhea has earned multiple prestigious Na Hoku Hanohano Awards as well as the iHeart Radio Island Music Award for Female Artist of the Year in 2019. A proud advocate for mental health and education Anuhea is the host of the “Just Keep Jamming” podcast, and the founder of the “Aloha Always Foundation” scholarships. Her work ethic is paralleled by her fun-loving personality, and is a self proclaimed “cool mom” to her son Ikena. She has shared the stage with artists like Bruno Mars, FloRida, SOJA, and Brett Young just to name a few, while performing throughout Hawaii, the U.S. and internationally. With 15 successful years in the music scene, dozens of hit songs and multiple awards, Anuhea remains humble when she's rightfully referred to as one Hawai’i’s top female musical artists of all time.

Nothing’s bigger than life. All vastnesses—expanding space, infinite time—crouch inside of consciousness. On a historical scale, to say nothing of a cosmic one, the individual human life vanishes, and yet it’s the only aperture any of us get into reality. It’s barely there, and it’s all there is.

That’s the paradox Bell Witch drives at. For more than a decade, the Pacific Northwestern doom metal band has sent tides surging over the seawalls of the song form, unraveling conventional expectations about the ways music stations itself in time to absorb a listener’s attention. Rather than seek catharsis, the duo’s songs heave themselves through time at a glacial pace, staving off resolution in favor of a trancelike capsule eternity. Invoking both boundlessness and claustrophobia in the same charged gesture, Bell Witch cultivates a sense of time outside of time, an oasis inside an increasingly frenetic media culture.

For their new album, The Clandestine Gate, bassist Dylan Desmond and drummer Jesse Shreibman exploded Bell Witch’s bounds. Like 2017’s lauded Mirror Reaper, The Clandestine Gate is a single 83-minute track—a composition that pulses and breathes on a filmic timeframe. It constitutes the first chapter in a planned triptych of longform albums, collectively called Future’s Shadow. “Eventually, the end of the last album will be looped around to the first to make a circle,” says Desmond. “It can be continuously looped, like a day cycle. This would be dawn. The next one would be noon. The following one would be sundown, with dawn and sundown both having something of night.”

Bell Witch began tracing the sequences that would form Future’s Shadow in live performance while on tour with Neurosis and Mono. At first, Shreibman and Desmond planned to release each chapter in the sequence as they completed it, touring each album in between. Then, in early 2020, pandemic restrictions forced them to step back from that timeline. Locked out of their rehearsal space, they worked on what would become The Clandestine Gate at a slower burn than any of their previous projects. The album germinated over the course of more than two years, a pace that allowed their music to evolve organically to a state of more focused, grounded minimalism.

 

 

 

Dance Party Afterparty!

Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons NYE in Portland - Night Three

Four-Day Passes Available:

• Night One: Dante's
• Night Two: Dante's
• Night Three: Star Theater
• Night Four: Showdown

Jerry Joseph is a musician who lives in Portland Oregon, but he’s often gone. He’s been inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame but is still rather obscure to a lot of people. He plays well over 150 shows a year in the usual places. Across America. Sometimes in Europe, Mexico, and Central America. Then there’s these other places he plays—Lebanon, Israel, Kurdish Iraq, India, and Afghanistan. All over the Middle East, often in war zones and refugee camps.

In addition to his touring, Jerry has set up a non-profit called Nomad Music Foundation that acts as a sort of School of Rock for displaced teenagers in areas of conflict. So far, he has taken guitars and taught lessons in camps in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Sulaymaniyah and Dahuk, both in Kurdish Iraq. These life-changing missions have been written up in Rolling Stone, Relix, and PBS News Hour.

Oh yeah, and he’s really fucking great.

Walking through the residential heart of Portland’s Mississippi district you’ll find a charming wooden house under the overcast Oregon sky. This local landmark is the home of soul legend Ural Thomas, built by hand with found materials decades ago. The basement is overflowing with musical equipment. When you walk down into the room you may see Portland’s Soul Brother Number One at the table chuckling, telling stories and jokes, and espousing his personal humanist philosophy obtained from 82 years of unfathomable experiences. He’s often joined by either his generations of biological posterity or the adopted family that is his band, The Pain. You may also find this infinitely magnetic personality ripping through a cover song at full volume or working out a new original with his loved ones.  

Though Ural Thomas is widely recognized as one of the most exciting singers remaining from the original soul era, and an active musical institution for over 60years, his band, all decades younger, are treated as equals. The Pain are no backing band, but rather a well-oiled tightly-knit musical aggregation that’s spent the last eight years with Thomas developing a unique sound of its own. 

“This venue is a proud partner of Portland Music Month. A portion of your ticket price will be donated to the Echo Fund to support local music creators."

PLVTINUM
Somewhere between a suburban misfit and a loudmouthed twenty-something, PLVTINUM isn’t your typical squeaky clean pop star. The singer/bedroom producer draws inspiration from the sonic textures of EDM, and the attitude of Pop Punk. Through his lyrical exploration of toxic relationships, introversion, and the dark sides of party culture, PLVTINUM has been able to capture the attention of the post-teen crowd around the world. PLVTINUM has received public support from acts such as BTS, The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha, and blackbear. With over 200 Million Spotify streams, 400M streams on all platforms, and 87K Instagram followers, the rising star is a defining voice in alt-pop movement. At 25 years old, he’s just getting started.

DUTCH MELROSE
Dutch Melrose is an singer, songwriter, producer from Los Angeles CA. With over 50 million streams worldwide, he's taking the independent artist lane by storm.

VANA
Vana is the red haired pop incendiary whose music is fueled by dark femininity and villainous themes such as lust, jealousy love and revenge. Soft and feminine vocals paired with hard hitting gritty bass and screaming electric guitar gives Vana her lean yet unmistakable sound that leaves listeners craving more.

With notable platforms on Tiktok, Twitch and Instagram, Vana is passionate about connecting with her supporters and encourages listeners to connect with her personality as much as her music, although her most raw emotions are shared through her musicianship.

Mayer Hawthorne @ Star Theater
8:00pm Doors
9:00pm Show    Ages 21+. 
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Mayer Hawthorne VIP Experience

• One general admission ticket 
• Access to soundcheck with Mayer Hawthorne 
• Meet & Greet with Mayer Hawthorne with photo opportunity 
• One signed 8x10 photo 
• One exclusive disposable Mayer Hawthorne camera 
• One commemorative VIP laminate 
• Pre-show merchandise shopping opportunity before venue opens to the public. 
• Priority entry into the venue 

Purchasers will receive an email from StagePilot approximately 3-5 days before the performance date with instructions regarding the fulfillment of the VIP package items and additional details regarding day of show information. All VIP packages are NON-TRANSFERABLE; NO WILL CALL NAME CHANGES WILL BE PERMITTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Non-VIP package purchasers will not be allowed into any VIP activities or into the venue early. VIP package purchasers may be required to arrive at least 3-4 hours before show time. All pre-show programs and times may vary date-to-date and are subject to modification at any time for any reason. At StagePilot's discretion, VIP package merchandise will either be shipped directly to the address provided at purchase (alternate shipping addresses are not permitted) or available for pick-up the night of the show. If shipped, delivery of such merchandise may occur after the event date. Merchandise is not needed for entry to the show. By purchasing a VIP package, you will not gain or be authorized access into any venue specific VIP or backstage areas. No parental escorts without their own package purchased will be permitted. Health and safety restrictions may change from time of purchase to the show date.  We will confirm any restrictions closer to the event date. By purchasing this package, you are consenting to receive emails, phone calls and SMS/text messages from StagePilot containing important information for your experience. 

MAYER HAWTHORNE
Mayer Hawthorne cut his teeth in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he started making beats and DJing at the height of Detroit hip-hop. Since his debut heart-shaped single, Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out, dropped via Stones Throw in 2008, Hawthorne has released four LPs, raking in accolades from esteemed publications like GQ, Vanity Fair, New York Times Magazine, Playboy, and Rolling Stone. From NPR's proclamation of his imminent stardom to BBC Music's endorsement of his authentic soul, his artistry has captured the hearts of critics and fans alike. With appearances on Conan, Letterman, Kimmel, The Today Show, and beyond,
Hawthorne's cultural impact is undeniable.

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2/17/24
METALMANIA V:  1 Year Anniversary!
7:00pm
$25 Early Bird Tickets while they last ! 
$35 Advance.
$45 Day of Show. 
$55 VIP (Early entry, Balcony seating, more VIP info soon)

THE METALMANIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT COUNTINUES
WITH
-- MATTHEW JUSTICE vs RAT KING
-- AMIRA VS KYLAN
-- MORE INFO TBA

BIG BUSINESS 

Big Business is a band. They play heavy rock. On that, we can all agree. Things get tricky when you try to classify exactly where on the musical spectrum the dynamic duo’s racket falls. “I guess psychedelic heavy metal punk rock? I don’t know. People always say ‘sludge rock,’ which I always found to be lazy and kind of inaccurate," says drummer Coady Willis. "A lot of our songs are fast, and it’s not like we’re playing a half-assed Black Sabbath riff over and over again. That’s been the struggle of the band. We’re a band that doesn’t really fit into what everyone else is doing."

Willis comes from punk rockers The Murder City Devils. His co-conspirator, bassist/vocalist Jared Warren, spent time in noise rock weirdos Karp. Together, they formed Big Business in 2004. The LA-based outfit’s first three albums didn’t quite mesh with Hydra Head’s post-metal aesthetic, but their idiosyncrasies caught the attention of another iconoclastic outfit: The Melvins. They recorded three albums, an EP, and various songs between 2006 and 2016 with that iconic grunge/doom/experimental act, all while maintaining their own identity as Big Business. Along the way, they picked up guitarists Toshi Kasai and Scott Martin, but on 2016’s Command Your Weather, they returned to their core duo format. They remain in that lineup on their sixth full-length, The Beast You Are.

“It’s just better. We work faster, and we know what we’re both going for. It gives us more room to be weirder in certain aspects and try different things. It makes sense because that’s how we established ourselves in the beginning and how we learned to write songs together, it was just the two of us. Coming back to that lineup felt natural,” continues Willis. The two performed everything on the album, which was recorded between the early November and early December of 2018 at El Studio in San Francisco by Phil Becker (Pins of Light, Terry Gross). Willis, Warren, and Becker handled the mixing, with Carl Saff lending his mastering expertise to the final product. Once more, Warren has hacked up some construction paper for one of his unique cover art pieces.

With a new, dynamic demoing process leading to the creation of the most songs they’ve ever written for an album, The Beast You Are delivers 13 doses of uncategorizably heavy rock music. From the ominous death march of “The Moor You Know” to the soaring “Let Them Grind” to the delicate, ethereal “Under Everest,” Big Business continues to defy listener’s expectations. No matter the context of their music, however, one thing remains true: they are definitely still a band.

Mammoth Presents:
Angie McMahon w/ special guests tba. 

Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm 
All Ages welcome.  21+ w/ ID to drink. 

Underlying every great record, every career-defining work of art, is a certain ineffable, increasingly rarified quality: unity of vision. Great songs need not announce their greatness: their marriage of idea with action, soul with sound, appears as something which is naturally effortless, unforced—they are what they are because they have no choice but to be. On Playing Favorites, Sheer Mag’s third full length and first with Third Man Records, this precise, matured clarity of vision is put on full display. Over the course of the past decade, Sheer Mag have labored to carve out a discernibly singular position within the canon of contemporary rock: toggling with ease between the refined flourishes of a “connoisseur’s band” and the ecstatic colloquialism of populist songwriting—yet displaying no strict loyalty to either camp—their sound, while oft-referenced, is unmistakably and immediately recognizable as theirs alone. With Playing Favorites, Sheer Mag have capitalized on a decade’s worth of devotion to their own collective spirit—a spirit refined in both the sweaty trenches of punk warehouses and the larger-than-life glamour of concert halls—emerging with a dense work of gripping emotions, massive hooks, and masterfully constructed power-pop anthems. This is the record the Philadelphian rock and roll four-piece has always been destined to make.

Playing Favorites expands with a sense of undeniable vitality, buoyed by rock and roll’s singular capacity to channel a relentless compassion for human life. While at times marked by an intensified sense of melancholy, this newest offering takes stock of the confusing flow of daily life without moralizing, refusing to fall into antagonistic cynicism. Sheer Mag leans into the chaotic thrall of city living, of a life subdivided by the jagged highs and lows of bars, parties, and nightlife culture, with sweetly empathetic remove. The chemically-saturated swing of disco rhythms, crooning earnestness of heartland Americana, and boisterous theatrics of capital-G-and-M Guitar Music become strangely familiar bedfellows. This music is complex, not complicated. As lead guitarist Kyle Seely puts it, “I don’t believe people should put on a record and have to work to enjoy it.” Sheer Mag neither pander towards the studied pretensions of the rock historian elite nor dilute their approach into something more blankly palatable to a commercial audience. Instead, they have their eyes set on that ever elusive third option: those who just get it. If you build it, they will come.

4/20/24 METALMANIA 6 ! 
7:00pm Doors
8:00pm Start. 

-- $25 Early Bird Tickets while they last! 
-- $35 Advance
-- $45 Day of Show. 
-- $55 VIP  (Early Entry, Balcony Seating, more info TBA)

THE METALMANIA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT CONTINUES! 
CARD TBA.  

Presented by Sign of the Beast Burlesque, Metalesque Fest ® is the annual performing arts festival dedicated to heavy metal! Journey to the ninth circle of hell with burlesque, fire, drag and circus acts performed to metal music featuring performers from across the county. This year, we welcome one of the biggest stars of modern burlesque, a surprise headliner TBA soon! They will appear on both nights of MetalesqueFest on October 4 & 5, 2024 at Dantes and Star Theater in downtown Portland OR.